2016 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament qualifying teams

2016 qualifying teams
Total teams	68
Automatic bids	32
At-large bids	36
Top seed	Kansas
Champion	Villanova
NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
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This is a list of qualifying teams for the 2016 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. A total of 68 teams entered the tournament. Thirty-one of the teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference tournaments. The automatic bid of the Ivy League, which did not conduct a postseason tournament, went to its regular season champion. The remaining 36 teams were granted at-large bids, which were extended by the NCAA Selection Committee. The Selection Committee seeded the entire field from 1 to 68, and seeded teams 1 to 16 within their regionals. ^{[1] [2]}

Qualifying teams

Automatic bids

Automatic bids to the tournament were granted for winning a conference championship tournament, except for the automatic bid of the Ivy League given to the regular season champion. Seeds listed were seeds within the conference tournaments. Runners-up in bold face were given at-large berths.

Automatic bids
Qualifying school	Record (Conf.)		Last app.	Conference regular season	Regular season second place	Second place record (Conf.)
Yale	22–6 (13–1)		1962	Ivy League	Princeton	22–6 (12–2)
Qualifying school	Record (Conf.)	Seed	Last app.	Conference tournament	Conf. finals runner-up	Runner-up record (Conf.)	Runner-up seed
North Carolina	28–6 (14–4)	1	2015	ACC	Virginia	26–7 (13–5)	2
Stony Brook	26–6 (14–2)	1	Never	America East	Vermont	21–13 (11–5)	3
Connecticut	24–10 (11–7)	5	2014	American	Memphis	19–15 (8–10)	6
Saint Joseph's	27–7 (13–5)	4	2014	Atlantic 10	VCU	24–10 (14–4)	2
Florida Gulf Coast	20–13 (8–6)	4	2013	Atlantic Sun	Stetson*	12–22 (4–10)	7
Kansas	30–4 (15–3)	1	2015	Big 12	West Virginia	26–8 (13–5)	2
Seton Hall	25–8 (12–6)	3	2006	Big East	Villanova	29–5 (16–2)	1
Weber State	26–8 (15–3)	1	2014	Big Sky	Montana	21–11 (14–4)	2
UNC Asheville	22–11 (12–6)	4	2012	Big South	Winthrop	23–9 (13–5)	2
Michigan State	29–5 (13–5)	2	2015	Big Ten	Purdue	26–8 (12–6)	4
Hawaii	27–5 (13–3)	1	2002	Big West	Long Beach State	20–14 (12–4)	3
UNC Wilmington	25–7 (14–4)	2	2006	CAA	Hofstra	24–9 (14–4)	1
Middle Tennessee	24–9 (13–5)	2	2013	C-USA	Old Dominion	22–13 (12–6)	5
Green Bay	23–12 (11–7)	4	1996	Horizon	Wright State	22–13 (13–5)	3
Iona	22–10 (16–4)	2	2013	MAAC	Monmouth	27–7 (17–3)	1
Buffalo	20–14 (10–8)	3	2015	MAC	Akron	26–8 (13–5)	1
Hampton	21–10 (13–3)	1	2015	MEAC	South Carolina State	19–14 (12–4)	3
Northern Iowa	22–12 (11–7)	4	2015	Missouri Valley	Evansville	25–9 (12–6)	2
Fresno State	25–9 (13–5)	2	2007	Mountain West	San Diego State	25–9 (16–2)	1
Fairleigh Dickinson	18–14 (11–7)	2	2005	Northeast	Wagner	22–10 (13–5)	1
Austin Peay	18–17 (7–9)	8	2008	Ohio Valley	Tennessee–Martin	19–14 (10–6)	2
Oregon	28–6 (14–4)	1	2015	Pac-12	Utah	26–8 (13–5)	2
Holy Cross	14–19 (5–13)	9	2007	Patriot	Lehigh	17–15 (13–5)	2
Kentucky	26–8 (13–5)	2	2015	SEC	Texas A&M	26–8 (13–5)	1
Chattanooga	29–5 (15–3)	1	2009	Southern	East Tennessee State	23–11 (14–4)	2
Stephen F. Austin	27–5 (18–0)	1	2015	Southland	Texas A&M–CC	25–7 (15–3)	2
South Dakota State	26–7 (12–4)	2	2013	Summit	North Dakota State	20–13 (8–8)	5
Arkansas–Little Rock	29–4 (17–3)	1	2011	Sun Belt	Louisiana–Monroe	20–13 (15–5)	2
Southern	22–12 (11–7)	4	2013	SWAC	Jackson State	19–15 (12–6)	3
Cal State Bakersfield	24–8 (11–3)	2	Never	WAC	New Mexico State	23–10 (13–1)	1
Gonzaga	26–7 (15–3)	2	2015	West Coast	Saint Mary's	27–5 (15–3)	1

* ineligible for NCAA tournament due to violations

At-large bids

Team	Conference	Last appearance	# of appearances
Arizona	Pac-12	2015	33
Baylor	Big 12	2015	10
Butler	Big East	2015	14
California	Pac-12	2013	19
Cincinnati	American	2015	30
Colorado	Pac-12	2014	14
Dayton	A-10	2015	17
Duke	ACC	2015	40
Indiana	Big Ten	2015	39
Iowa	Big Ten	2015	25
Iowa State	Big 12	2015	18
Maryland	Big Ten	2015	26
Miami	ACC	2013	8
Michigan	Big Ten	2014	26
Notre Dame	ACC	2015	35
Oklahoma	Big 12	2015	30
Oregon State	Pac-12	1990	17
Pittsburgh	ACC	2014	26
Providence	Big East	2015	18
Purdue	Big Ten	2015	28
Syracuse	ACC	2014	38
Temple	American	2013	32
Texas	Big 12	2015	33
Texas A&M	SEC	2011	13
Texas Tech	Big 12	2007	15
Tulsa	American	2014	16
USC	Pac-12	2011	17
Utah	Pac-12	2015	29
Vanderbilt	SEC	2012	14
VCU	A-10	2015	15
Villanova	Big East	2015	36
Virginia	ACC	2015	20
West Virginia	Big 12	2015	27
Wichita State	MVC	2015	13
Wisconsin	Big Ten	2015	22
Xavier	Big East	2015	26

Listed by region and seeding

East Region – Philadelphia Seed School Conference Record Berth type Overall rank 1 North Carolina ACC 28–6 Automatic 2 2 Xavier Big East 27–5 At-large 8 3 West Virginia Big 12 26–8 At-large 9 4 Kentucky SEC 26–8 Automatic 15 5 Indiana Big Ten 25–7 At-large 17 6 Notre Dame ACC 21–11 At-large 22 7 Wisconsin Big Ten 20–12 At-large 25 8 USC Pac-12 21–12 At-large 31 9 Providence Big East 22–9 At-large 33 10 Pittsburgh ACC 21–11 At-large 37 11* Michigan Big Ten 22–12 At-large 42 Tulsa American 20–10 At-large 45 12 Chattanooga Southern 29–5 Automatic 47 13 Stony Brook American East 26–6 Automatic 53 14 Stephen F. Austin Southland 26–5 Automatic 58 15 Weber State Big Sky 26–8 Automatic 62 16* Florida Gulf Coast Atlantic Sun 20–13 Automatic 65 Fairleigh Dickinson Northeast 18–14 Automatic 66

Midwest Region – Chicago Seed School Conference Record Berth type Overall rank 1 Virginia ACC 26–7 At-large 3 2 Michigan State Big Ten 29–5 Automatic 5 3 Utah Pac-12 26–8 At-large 11 4 Iowa State Big 12 21–11 At-large 16 5 Purdue Big Ten 26–8 At-large 18 6 Seton Hall Big East 25–8 Automatic 24 7 Dayton Atlantic 10 25–7 At-large 26 8 Texas Tech Big 12 19–12 At-large 29 9 Butler Big East 21–10 At-large 34 10 Syracuse ACC 19–14 At-large 39 11 Gonzaga WCC 26–7 Automatic 44 12 Arkansas-Little Rock Sun Belt 29–4 Automatic 48 13 Iona MAAC 22–10 Automatic 54 14 Fresno State Mountain West 25–9 Automatic 57 15 Middle Tennessee C-USA 24–9 Automatic 59 16 Hampton MEAC 21–10 Automatic 64

South Region – Louisville Seed School Conference Record Berth type Overall rank 1 Kansas Big 12 30–4 Automatic 1 2 Villanova Big East 29–5 At-large 7 3 Miami ACC 25–7 At-large 10 4 California Pac-12 23–10 At-large 14 5 Maryland Big Ten 25–8 At-large 19 6 Arizona Pac-12 25–8 At-large 23 7 Iowa Big Ten 21–10 At-large 27 8 Colorado Pac-12 22–11 At-large 30 9 Connecticut American 24–10 Automatic 36 10 Temple American 21–11 At-large 38 11* Vanderbilt SEC 19–13 At-large 41 Wichita State Missouri Valley 24–8 At-large 43 12 South Dakota State Summit League 26–7 Automatic 50 13 Hawaii Big West 27–5 Automatic 52 14 Buffalo MAC 20–14 Automatic 56 15 UNC Asheville Big South 22–11 Automatic 61 16 Austin Peay Ohio Valley 18–17 Automatic 63

West Region – Anaheim Seed School Conference Record Berth type Overall rank 1 Oregon Pac-12 28–6 Automatic 4 2 Oklahoma Big 12 25–7 At-large 6 3 Texas A&M SEC 26–8 At-large 12 4 Duke ACC 23–10 At-large 13 5 Baylor Big 12 22–11 At-large 20 6 Texas Big 12 20–12 At-large 21 7 Oregon State Pac-12 19–12 At-large 28 8 Saint Joseph's Atlantic 10 27–7 Automatic 32 9 Cincinnati American 22–9 At-large 35 10 VCU Atlantic 10 24–10 At-large 40 11 Northern Iowa Missouri Valley 22–12 Automatic 46 12 Yale Ivy League 22–6 Automatic 49 13 UNC Wilmington CAA 25–7 Automatic 51 14 Green Bay Horizon 23–12 Automatic 55 15 Cal State Bakersfield WAC 22–8 Automatic 60 16* Holy Cross Patriot 14–19 Automatic 68 Southern SWAC 22–12 Automatic 67

*See First Four

Conferences with multiple bids

Bids	Conference	Schools
7	ACC	North Carolina, Duke, Miami, Notre Dame, Virginia, Pittsburgh, Syracuse
7	Big 12	Kansas, Baylor, Iowa State, Oklahoma, Texas, Texas Tech, West Virginia
7	Big Ten	Michigan State, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, Purdue, Wisconsin
7	Pac-12	Oregon, Arizona, California, Colorado, Oregon State, USC, Utah
5	Big East	Seton Hall, Butler, Providence, Xavier, Villanova
4	American	Connecticut, Cincinnati, Temple, Tulsa
3	Atlantic 10	Saint Joseph's, Dayton, VCU
3	SEC	Kentucky, Texas A&M, Vanderbilt
2	Missouri Valley	Northern Iowa, Wichita State

Automatic conference bids in bold

Bids by state

Bids	State	School(s)
1	Arizona	Arizona
1	Arkansas	Arkansas–Little Rock
4	California	California, Cal State Bakersfield, Fresno State, USC
1	Colorado	Colorado
2	Connecticut	Connecticut, Yale
2	Florida	Florida Gulf Coast, Miami
1	Hawaii	Hawaii
4	Indiana	Butler, Indiana, Notre Dame, Purdue
3	Iowa	Iowa, Iowa State, Northern Iowa
2	Kansas	Kansas, Wichita State
1	Kentucky	Kentucky
1	Louisiana	Southern
1	Maryland	Maryland
1	Massachusetts	Holy Cross
2	Michigan	Michigan, Michigan State
2	New Jersey	Fairleigh Dickinson, Seton Hall
4	New York	Buffalo, Iona, Stony Brook, Syracuse
4	North Carolina	Duke, North Carolina, UNC Asheville, UNC Wilmington
3	Ohio	Cincinnati, Dayton, Xavier
2	Oklahoma	Oklahoma, Tulsa
2	Oregon	Oregon, Oregon State
4	Pennsylvania	Pittsburgh, Saint Joseph's, Temple, Villanova
1	Rhode Island	Providence
1	South Dakota	South Dakota State
4	Tennessee	Austin Peay, Chattanooga, Middle Tennessee, Vanderbilt
5	Texas	Baylor, Stephen F. Austin, Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech
2	Utah	Utah, Weber State
3	Virginia	Hampton, Virginia, VCU
1	Washington	Gonzaga
1	West Virginia	West Virginia
2	Wisconsin	Green Bay, Wisconsin

References

1. "March Madness bracket: How the 68 teams are selected for the Division I men's basketball tournament". NCAA. February 18, 2016. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
2. "March Madness: Updating list of teams in the NCAA tournament". NCAA. February 4, 2016. Retrieved February 21, 2016.